Re: lost climbers on Mount Hood

ted <toomuchspam@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Those climbers should have had a GPS.

No. They should have had a PLB.

Why people continue to climb mountains withouting renting one first is
a mystery.


Cheers
John

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